Advocate. Author. Researcher.
Shivam Shukla practises before the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad and courts across Uttar Pradesh. His work at the intersection of law and artificial intelligence is not academic commentary. It is operational: built in litigation, published for the profession, and carried into international research.
Shivam Shukla is an Advocate practising before the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad since 2019, and independently since 2022 from Chamber No. 40. His practice spans constitutional and administrative law, revenue and property law, criminal law, and family and matrimonial law.
He is the sole author of AI for Indian Advocates: The Practitioner's Standard for Supervised Intelligence and the creator of the Supervised Intelligence Method, the AI Responsibility Test, and the Five Doctrines of Professional AI Use. His white paper System 1 Lawyering and the Governance of AI in Legal Practice is published on SSRN. Two further papers are under review with the AI, Law, Politics journal (Warsaw) and the RMLNLU–UPHRC Journal on Human Rights, and his participation in the Solidarity AI Conference at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, is confirmed for November 2026.
He presented research on AI in Indian litigation at the International Conference on New Age Legal Dynamics, UPES School of Law, Dehradun, in February 2026, and was conferred the Award of Excellence as Session's Best Presenter by the Vice Chancellor and the Associate Dean (Research).
He is a Founding Partner of Bharat Litigation Law, co-founded with Aniket Gupta (LL.M., NLU Jodhpur). He holds B.Com, M.Com, and LL.B. (Hons.) degrees from the University of Allahabad.
The Body of Work
AI for Indian Advocates, Vol. I (2026) · System 1 Lawyering, SSRN 6484839 · Declaration on Responsible AI Use v1 · Field Notes · Vol. II in research.
The Instruments
Supervised Intelligence Method (SIM) · AI Responsibility Test (ART) · Five Doctrines of Professional AI Use.
University of Allahabad
LL.B. (Hons.) · M.Com · B.Com. Enrolled with the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh; practising at the Allahabad High Court since 2019.
Session's Best Presenter.
International Conference on New Age Legal Dynamics: Social Media and Artificial Intelligence, School of Law, UPES, Dehradun, 20 to 21 February 2026. Research paper: Potential Imprints of Artificial Intelligence on the Litigation Landscape of India: Opportunities, Risks, and Governance Pathways.
Correspondence & enquiries.
For academic correspondence, peer review and editorial matters, speaking invitations, training enquiries, media, and book-related matters. Professional correspondence may be directed to the chamber address. Responses within two working days.
- Chamber. No. 40, High Court, Allahabad (Prayagraj) 211017
- Email. shivam@advshivamshukla.in
- LinkedIn. linkedin.com/in/shivam-shukla
- SSRN. Abstract 6484839
- Hours. Monday to Friday, 09:30 to 18:30 IST